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The novella Romaji Diary represents the first instance of a Japanese writer using romaji (roman script) to tell stories in a way that could not betold in kana or kanji. Sad Toys is a collection of 194 Tanka, the traditional 31- syllable poems that are evocative of Japan's misty past and its tentativ... More

The Hunting Gun, set in the period immediately after the Second World War, is the story of a tragic love affair and its psychological impact - not only on the lovers themselves but on all those close to them. The narrative is related from three points of view: Saiko, the guilt-ridden mistress; Shoko... More

Written in 1913, this modern classic was the source for the highly acclaimed film, The MistressIn The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. <P>... More

Setouchi was eminently qualified to write this historical novel on women's liberation in Japan, which had its roots in sexual politics, socialism, and anarchism, movements in decline following the famous massacre after the GreatKanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and neighboring prefectures on Se... More

Legendary Japanese novelist Soseki Natsume dissects the human personality in all its complexity in this unforgettable narrative. Keitaro, a recent college graduate, lives a life intertwined with several other characters, each carrying their own emotional baggage. Romantic, practical, and philosophic... More

The two novelettes by contemporary Japanese writer Taijun Takeda that are contained in this book were chosen for their overall excellence to be included in our current Library of Japanese Literature series.<P><P> Both stories are relatively modern, one dealing with an incident of cannibalism in Hok... More